Glove



Aug. 15, 1944. CHANUT 2,356,032

GLOVE F'iled Jan. 51. 1942 INVENTOR BY fv ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 15,1944 rot-rice GLOVE Paul A. Chanut, New York Y., assignor to re Gloves,Inc., New York, N. ,Y. :a corporation of 7 New York 7 ApplicationJanuary 31, 1942, Serial No.429,033

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to a glove construction, and itparticularly relates to'a ladies glove construction. b

It is among the objects of the present invention to provide an improvedfabric glove construction which will be better fitting and morecomfortable wearing without substantial increase in cost and withoutsubstantial increase in difficulty of manufacture.

In making fabric gloves, difficult has been experienced in that thegloves are not close and snug-fitting.

Moreover, these fabric gloves do not give the wearer the impression ofsnugness, or warmth, and it is among the objects of the presentinvention to provide an improved fabric glove construction which willovercome these defects and at the same time provide the wearer of theglove with a glove which will be less subject to penetration of cold andmoisture.

Still further objects and advantages will appear from the more detaileddescription set forth below, it being understood, however, that thismore detailed description is given by way of illustration, since variouschanges therein may be made by those skilled in the art withoutdeparting from the scope and spirit of the invention.

In accomplishing the above objects, it has been found most satisfactoryto provide a glove construction in which the portions covering the frontand back of the fingers will be lined with leather or an animalmembrane, while the fourchettes or side-covering portions will besubstantially unlined, and in the preferred form of the invention, thelining is also extended to cover the front and back of the hand.

In one form of construction, the fourchettes and front and backfinger-covering portions are stitched together in such a way that thereare chain stitches concealed under the seams between the front and backfinger-covering portions and side finger-covering portions orfourchettes, while the connecting stitches extend across the line ofjunction or seam between the fourchettes and the front and backfinger-covering portions.

In the drawing are shown several of the many possible embodiments of thepresent invention by way of illustration and not by way of limitation,since many changes and modifications may be readily made, all within thescope of the present invention,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the glove upon the hand of awearer,

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view upon the line 2-2'of Fig; 1, uponan enlarged scale as compared to Fig. 1,

Figs; 3 and 4' are transverse sectional views upon thelines33 and 4-4 ofFig. ,1, upon an enlarged scale as compared to Fig. 1,

Fig. 5 is an enlargement of the seam of Fig. 4 to 'bettershow theconstruction thereof.

Referring 'to*Fig. 1 the glove consists of the fabric thumb piece l0,palm-covering portion H and back-covering" portion [2. These may be madeof suitable fabricmaterials which are closely woven or knitted so as togive them sufii- 'cient body and texture. The fabric material may benapped, finished or otherwise constructed so as to give a firmsubstantial fabric structure.

The finger-covering portions at l3 and M, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4,extend upwardly from the covering portions II and [2 for the back andfront of the hand, and they are separated by the fourchetteconstructions l-5, which extend along the sides of the fingers and whichmay also extend, if desired, over the outside edges of the fourthfinger, as well as along the inside and outside edges of the thumb andthe outside edge of the index finger.

As shown in Fig. 2, the front and back fabric covering portions I I and12 are joined together at 5 by the stitching l1, and at the same timethere is included in said stitching I! the front and back liningportions I8 and I9, which extend over the entire interior faces of thefront and back covering portions H and I2.

The lining l8 and I!) should desirably be of leather or a leathersubstitute, which should be relatively thin and flexible and be of aboutthe same thickness as the fabric utilized at II and [2.

The present invention is particularly directed to the fingerconstruction which is best shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5, according to whichthe fourchettes I5 are unlined and consist of fabric without the leatherinterface, while the front and back finger-covering portions l3 and I 4are backed up by leather, as indicated at 20 and 2| in Figs. 3 and 4.

The fabric portions l3 and M are joined together with the leatherlinings 20 and 2| and the fourchettes I5 by the seams as indicated at 22in Figs. 3 and 4.

In Fig. 5 is shown the detailed construction of the seam in which theleather piece 20, the fabric covering portion I3 and the fourchetteportion l5 are joined at the seam 22 by the stitching 23, which islooped at 24 under the seams so as to be concealed and which has singlespaced stitches as indicated at 25. These single spaced stitches arespaced along the inside and outside faces of the seam 22 and are foundto give the best type of construction, which is most durable andsatisfactory.

As shown in Fig. 5, the leather lining 20 has a projecting edge at 26,which may be of contrasting color to the fabric l3 and 15, but ifdesired, the edge 26 may be caused to terminate short of the edges ofthe fabric l3 and H) at the seam 22 so that it will not be visible.

If desired, the fourchette construction might also be extended over theoutside edge of the small finger and down along the seam l6, as well asalong the inside and outside edges of the side edge of the palmindicated at 29 in Figs. 1 and 2 and the inside edge of the forefingerindicated at 30 in Fig. 1. V

The construction shown and described may also be utilized in connectionwith gloves which have a thin leather facing, the most important featureof the invention being the factthat the fourchettes are of substantiallythinner material or of less plies than the front and back hand andfinger-covering portions. I V

The invention, however, is most satisfactory applied to a. fabric glovelined with leather, which gives increased warmth upon wearing, gives thefeeling of a leather glove on the hand, which is less pervious topenetration, keeps the cold out and creates a snug sensation and whichgives a feeling of solidity not available with pres- .ent fabric gloves.

15*:- thumb indicated at 21 and 28 in Fig. 1, the inin the claim, thespecific description herein merely serving to illustrate certainelements by Y which, in one embodiment, the spirit of the invention maybe eifectuated.

What is claimed is:

i A lined fabric glove construction, comprising acne-piece blank offabric having front and back hand covering portions with front and backfinger covering portions extending upwardly therefrom, and a one-piecelining blank of animal membrane coextensive with said fabric blank, andfourchettes extending between the fingers along the sides thereof, saidfourchettes being of. the unlined fabric the edges of said fabric, ofthe lining blank and of the fourohettes all extending outwardly, andexternal stitching connecting the outwardly extending edges of thefourchettes to the corresponding outwardly extending edges of the fabricfinger portions, each of said stitches connecting three plies ofmaterial including fabric plies at the exterior and the correspondingedge of the animal membrane lining portion interposed therebetween.

PAUL A. CHANUT.

